FOUR teenagers were today being quizzed over the horrific death of 'an innocent man going about his daily business' in a 120mph road smash.

FOUR teenagers were today being quizzed over the horrific death of 'an innocent man going about his daily business' in a 120mph road smash.

Eye-witnesses said the victim 'stood no chance' as a Subaru Impreza clipped a kerb and hurtled through the air straight at him in Cuckoo Road, near Birmingham's Star City.

Passers-by tried in vain to reach the man in the mangled wreckage of his Volkswagen Golf as two youths in the Subaru tried to flee the scene.

They were grabbed by office workers and other drivers within seconds of the crash, shortly before noon on Friday.

Eye-witnesses estimated the Subaru was doing between 100 and 120mph when it spun out of control and catapulted over the central reservation.

Eye witness Kevin Martins, a valeter at the Vauxhall dealer-ship on Cuckoo Road, said: "The guy stood no chance. He was nicely dressed in a suit and could have been on his way to work. He probably didn't see it coming and there was nothing he could have done to avoid it, it all happened so quickly.

"This was an innocent guy who has gone out to do his daily business who won't be going home. It must be awful for his parents or his wife. Your heart really does go out to them."

Four teenagers, two boys aged 15, one 16 and the other 19, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

It is believed the Subaru was driving along the A47 Heartland Parkway towards the traffic island joining Cuckoo Road when the driver lost control.

Mr Martins, 27, from Nuneaton, added: "I was on the forecourt when I saw the Subaru go into the filter lane on the island.

"The car was flying and the driver seemed to lose control. It was going about 100 to 120mph and didn't appear to slow down.

"There was a massive bang as the car hit the central reservation, jumped over it and into the path of two cars. It landed on top of the Golf.

"It's a 40mph zone but that doesn't seem to stop boy racers coming down here. They just tear up and down here like it's a race track."

Dramatic photographs show the crumpled wreckage of the Golf barely visible beneath the P-registered Subaru.

A passer-by, believed to be a nurse, tried to help the man as paramedics rushed to the scene but he was trapped inside the wreckage.

Police based at nearby Star City were on the scene within minutes. Mr Martins said two people from the Subaru tried to flee the area but were stopped.

The driver of a Mercedes ML320 also hit by the Subaru suffered minor injuries.

In February last year, three friends died when their car crashed into a concrete pillar on the A47, less than a mile from this latest tragedy.